Hi all,

I'm 25 years old, 225lbs.

I went up in 5 years from 136lbs to 225lbs.

I had two pregnancies that stretched my belly. I do have stretchmarks and a little of an hanging stomach.

It's so gross. I want a flat Tummy, dont mind the stretchmarks.

I saw some hanging bellys, Of ppl. that lost weight.

I dont want one of those. Is there any chance without a tummy tuck of course,to not have a hanging belly if I already got one?

Did it get better after loosing weight by any of you? or did it get worse? How does it make u feel? does it bother u?

what does ur BF/DH/Partner say to it? Are you embaressed with it? Does it show when you'r dressed?

That is a good question, i am also 25 but i don't have kids, i have a hanging belly and i just want it to go back up when i start losing weight... maybe if i suck it in and up when i work out it will help more.... and also where a girdle that pulls it up while im losing weight... i think that may help...

If its already hanging, then it probably always will. Most loose skin is already there before weight loss, just disguised by fat. There isnt a lot you can do now.

Its so disheartening, but you're going to be loads healthier, you ARE going to look a lot better, tummy or not and there's plenty you can do about a hanging belly at ANY stage of your life - it doesnt have to be done the instant you get to goal.

The skin on my stomach has started to shrink, but I know it will still hang and a tummy tuck is probably inevitable. But once it's stretched it usually stays that way.

At your age, only time will tell. Us old farts (35+) have no chance of six-pack abs without surgery.

Worry about the loose skin and what to do with it when you get close to your goal. As you get older, you will realize that there are much more important things to worry about than a little extra skin.

I've lost almost 140 pounds; have about 30 pounds of lose skin hanging around a foot down and I couldn't be happier. It was a lot more uncomfortable and unhealthy when it was packed with fat and sticking out all around.

I think there is a really good chance with enough weight loss it will go flat. I had my first child at 21 and the next at 27 then 39. I had gained 70 lbs. with the first and I lost all of the weight and my stomach was flat til I gained weight again through pregnancy in my late 30's. My friend had twins in her 30's and thought her stomach would never be the same. By the time the twins were 2, her stomach went totally flat with workouts.

LOL to Bob's point, you at 25 have a much better chance than an old fart like me (37). I've lost 100 lbs in the past before getting preggers with my first, then had another one and my weight before starting the program for the Lap Band was 240-241 ish. I notice that a lot of ab exercises I do has helped considerably, but gravity is taking over and I do have an 'overhang'. Funny thing is, it only really bothers me when I'm...ummm...naked and laying on my side. My hubby said it doesn't bother him at all, I'm too self conscious, I think it's worse than what's actually there, blah blah blah (LOL), but I'm thinking at some point (in a year or two, of getting a tummy tuck).

Honestly though, it sounds funny, but Hip Hop Abs really has made a marked difference in my torso area and I have definition--holy cow I can see ribs too LOL!

Good luck! At 25, I think your elasticity is still strong enough where you will see good results when you get to goal :-)

I think at 25 you have a really really good chance of your skin snapping back. I know when I lost weight in my 20s, I went from 170 to 120 and there were absolutely no signs that I had ever weighed more. I also hadn't had kids, though. But, my younger friends who have had kids in their 20s, have flat bellies after losing the weight too.

Definitely exercise as much as you can while losing weight, though. I've heard that the process of exercise releases something in your body that also helps your skin shrink (regenerate) and snap back. I think maybe collagen. I don't remember the specifics from the article I read, but I just remember that exercise is key for helping you skin snap back so I am exercising like a mad woman on this journey. I'm 41 so I will still need surgery, but I'm just hoping I can get away w/only needing a mini tummy tuck and a boob lift instead of the whole body lift. The whole body lift really freaks me out and I don't think I could come up w/the nerve (or the funds) for that much plastic surgery.

I am 32 had my first child at 23 and my second at 29, I am currently 13 lbs to 136lbs and I started at 223lbs and I still have a little hanging belly, not to be discouraging but there is a little there; it is not big or gross just enough pudge to make me wish it were gone but everyone is different. The positive is that is the only place I have it and it can be easily hidden

Since you are so young your skin has more elasticity to it. Taking Omega 3s (fish oil) helps out alot in that department as well.

Good luck!

I'm 31 and down 30 lbs now. I will say my hanging belly is shrinking. I'm sure I will need a tummy tuck after 3 kids and 2 c-sections. But with clothes on it looks much better. I'll let you know in 60 lbs